Volunteers produce audio versions of textbooks

It is difficult to believe that any public school would not be aware of an inexpensive and highly effective way of helping students with reading disabilities. Here in Colorado and at 29 other locations around the country, more than 7,000 volunteers record textbooks for Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic. These textbooks are played back by students on a CD player, which allows them to learn from the same books other students in their class are using.

Schools can become members of RFB&D and provide students with this learning opportunity or individuals can become members on their own. The cost is minimal and the benefits are remarkable. There are more than 115,000 books in RFB&D’s master library and they can produce a specific book if requested.

There is no reason for any child to be left behind because of a reading disability.

Vincent Carroll is The Denver Post's editorial page editor. He has been writing commentary on politics and public policy in Colorado since 1982 and was originally with the Rocky Mountain News, where he was also editor of the editorial pages until that newspaper gave up the ghost in 2009.

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